Antigen retrieval immunohistochemistry: Review and future prospects in research and diagnosis over two decades

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-32

  Shi, Shan Rong ^a   Shi, Yan ^b   Taylor, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval (AR); Cytopathology; Formalin fixed; Immunohistochemistry (IHC); Paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue; Protein extraction; Proteomics; Quantifiable reference standards; Quantitative immunohistochemistry (QIHC)

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FORMALDEHYDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRACTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FROZEN SECTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NICK END LABELING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEOMICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 78650814932     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2010.957191     Document Type: Review

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